Sash-balance connection.



. No. 790,412. PATENT-ED MAY 23, 1905.

' 1 A. WEINGABRTNER.

- 'SASH' BALANCE CONNECTION.

APE'ZLHJ.ATIUN FILED JUNE 8, 1904.

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INVENTOR.

ALBERT WEINGAEIRTNER I I v ATTY s.

UNITED STATES Patented May 23, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT VVEINGAERTNER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO WEIN- GAERTNER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A.

CORPORATION.

SASH-BALANCE CONNECTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,412 dated May 23, 1905,

' Application filed June 8, 1904. Serial No. 211,662.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT VVEINGAERTNER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Balance Connections, of which the following is'a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the connections uniting sash-balance weights to sashes that are controlled thereby.

The invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a view showing fragments of the window-frame, asash that operates against the frame, and my balance connection shown .applied to said sash and supporting the balance-weight. Fig. II is an edge view of the upper end of a sash-stile with my balance connection shown applied thereto. Fig. III is a perspective view of the sash-fixture member of my connection. Fig. IV is a perspective view of the balance-weight-fixture member shown applied to the eye of the balance-weight.

1 designates an upright of a window-frame in which is mounted the pulley 2, as usual.

3 is a sash-stile that rides against the window-frame upright and is provided with a pocket 4 of circular shape, as such pockets are commonly made.

5 designates a chain that travels on the pulley 2. The sash-connecting end of this chain is united to the sash-stile 3 by the following means: 6 is a sash-fixture member of arch shape that fits within the pocket 4 in the sashstile. This member6 is provided with alongitudinal groove 7, through which the end of the chain 5 is passed, as seen in Fig. I. In the arch-shaped member 6, centrally of its ends,are transverse grooves 8. These grooves receive a nail 9, that is driven into the sashstile and extends transversely beneath the member 6 to hold it in the pocket 4, the said nail being passed through the end link of the chain 5 within the slot 7, to thereby hold thechain to the sash-stile. The other end of the chain 5 receives the attachment of the balance-weight 10, that is provided with an eye 11. The means of connection between the chain 5 and the balance-weight are as follows: 12 is a U-shaped loop that is provided at one end with a closed eye 13 and at its other end with an open eye 14:. In connecting the balance-weight to the chain the loop 12 is first passed through the eye of the balance-weight. The end of the chain 5 is then passed through the closed eye 13 of the loop, and the end link of the chain is slipped onto the open ioop-eye 14:, as seen in Fig. IV, thereby closing the space between the two loops and securely fitting the eye of the balance-weight on the loop. It will be seen that when the balance- Weight hangs suspended from the loop 12 and the chain to which it is connected the chain may be drawn through the closed loop-eye,

thereby stretching it tight and preventing any liability of the escape of the balance-weight, in which position the chain will remain while the balance-weight hangs in a suspended condition.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a sash-balance connection, the combination with a sash, of a chain, a weight connected to said chain, and means for securing said chain to said'sash; said means consisting of a semicircular slotted member provided with transverse grooves, and a nail adapted to occupy said grooves and pass through the chain in the slot in said member and enter said sash, substantially as set forth.

2. In a sash-balance connection, the combination with a sash, of a chain, means for connecting said chain to said sash, a balanceweight, and means for connecting said chain to said balance-weight; said last-named means consisting of a loop having a closed eye at one end and an open eye at the other end whereby said chain may be passed through said closed eye and slipped to said open eye,substantially as set forth.

ALBERT VVEINGAERTNER.

In presence of NELLIE V. ALEXANDER, BLANcHE' HOGAN. 

